Investor demand for mortgage bonds is strong; the only limiting factors are consumer awareness of the product and loan officers' willingness to offer them.

CIFC once preferred investing in the equity of other managers' CLOs and selling stakes in its own deals. Risk retention has forced a change in this business model.

Cisco DeVries, the chief executive of Renew Financial, said the bills will bring much-needed stability to Property Assessed Clean Energy, which uses a property assessment to finance upgrades.

Asset-backeds have long benefited from the low interest rate environment, but participants at an industry conference appear to think that the party cannot go on forever.

The bankers and lawyers who put these deals together have been working hard to broaden their appeal beyond insurance companies, the traditional buyers.

The upstart firm, owned by private equity firm Eldridge Industries, is issuing its third deal since June; the $1.3 billion offering brings its total issuance for the year to over $4 billion.

MJX CEO Hans Christensen thinks the $500 billion market lacks the heft to influence lawmakers or regulators; he says any relief from rules requiring "skin in the game" of deals will have to benefit other asset classes as well.

Senate Democrats' legislative bid to reform the credit reporting industry is tempered and balanced, according to analysts, which could help it gain traction in the GOP-controlled Congress.

The largest loan, One Kansas City Place, representing 10.3% of the collateral pool, is primarily occupied by an investment-grade tenant, Kansas City Power and Light Co.

U.K. authorities are years away from phasing out the London Interbank Offered Rate, but Conning's Paul Norris is urging the industry to pick up the pace on alternative benchmarks now that it's a matter of "when," not "if."

RREEF America, the real estate investment unit of Deutsche Asset Management, is securitizing an unusual mix of speculative-grade project finance and corporate in a debut $431.3 million collateralized debt obligation.

There are seven other CMBS issued this year with exposure to the skyscraper at 767 Fifth Avenue. In June, the owners took out a $1.47 billion whole loan that was used to refinance existing debt and pay a dividend; the largest portion was securitized in a single-asset transaction.